Liveability

What is liveability?

• An assessment of how good or bad a place is to live in.

• How many people live in one place.

• How long people live in one place.

• The ability to live somewhere.

Indigenous Australians and early European settlers to Australia made decisions about where to live based on the available resources needed to survive. What resources did they need?

• Food

• Water

• Shelter

• Wifi

The factors that influence the liveability of places today are more varied.

• True

• False

How liveable you find a place to be depends on your own wants and needs, and whether they are met.

• True

• False

Access to services and facilities that allow us to do the things we enjoy has an effect on what we think of the place we live. This, in turn, increases how highly we rate its liveability. What do you like to do?

• Team sports (eg netball, football, soccer etc)

• Individual sports (eg , tennis, mountain biking, rock climbing, surfing etc)

• Events (eg movies, sport games, plays, concerts etc)

• Shopping, browsing etc

• Hanging out with friends

What is your favourite place? Why?

On reaching the Australian continent, early Indigenous Australians looked for the most liveable places – those that supplied the resources they needed to survive and prosper. Where did they settle?

• Northern coast

• Eastern coast

• Southern coast

• Western coast

• Along the Murray River

Modern Australians live in much the same areas that early Indigenous Australians settled.

• True

• False

The factors that make a place liveable for modern Australians include:

• Housing (affordability, size, type)

• Services (transport, health, education, shopping)

• Employment

• Entertainment

• Environment

Which of the following is an objective factor when measuring liveability?

• Personal likes and dislikes

• Traditions and spiritual connections

• Climate

• Feelings of connection to family and community